The Sun. — London, England, 1810-10-09 00:00:00

TO THE .EDITOR- OF THE SUN. SIR, Tire -u rfortunate • business of the late mutiny in . India has drawn forth many 'observations from writers in this country, the obvious purpose of wllich is to bring discredit upon the COnanct of the British; Government in our Asiatic possassions, though it is evident to all imp.-rrtial men that the Me 'sore. a 'opted by that Govcrnment were mark ed by a dellree of lenity, which the chief agents the alarming event alluded to had little right or rea son to expect..--It has been too mulch the practice Of the writers in question to attack thee chaiattef of Sir_ George Barlow, nor have they confined their abuse to, that respectable officer, but have thrown refleCtions upon the Governor General and she Court of Directors. The, more, however, the conduct of ail these authorities, upon the subject of the mutiny, 'is investigated; the more reason will be sound, to hold ~them respect for tempering itistiLe with mercy in their treatment of the offenders, fir the lenity which they 'exercised towards them, 'md for the laudable anxiety which they displayed in care fully dis!ingul-hing those who had__ been unwarily ensnared 'into the mutiny by false assurances on the 'pat t of the chief instigators, promoters, - and agents, that they were suppoqing, instead of opposing, the Government, • against whom: they were rietually en gaged in rebellion. A Morning Paper of this day, adverting to the subject, condemns in severe terms the Letter I,vi;ieh the .Fudge Advocate General, Lieu tenanuiColonel Leith - , • addressed to the Deputy Judge Alyocate, by order of 'the Commander in Chief,, General requiting the Court Mar tial its sentence, and to. expunge certain paisages from'the clef: Lice of Peut.-Colonel Bell.— , The 'Morning Paper'Ohserves,.that the sentence of ihe C'ourt-Martial was given on the 9th of Dkcerriber, IEO9, and that the Letter, written by Lieut.-Col. 'Leith, was not written till the 23(.1 of February, a period little shOrt of three.montbs,,without any sig-• nification from the Commander in Chie whether be approved the sentence or not., Nov,- Sir, v here was the improi , riety in . the conduct of the Coin , -minder in . , Chief, for not deeming it prudent to pub litAt his 'seritinients upon the subject till he had ' Vioroughly refleoed upon the whote of a transac- , ton of such importance that it threatened' the very e of the British G verntnent in India, and t h - - minds o f men o ere somewhat cooled. alter a• sent s.. alarming and atrocious ? • The defence, i ,•pears by Colonel Leith's 'Letter, was made the elude of atticks ono(' the supreme authorities of the.conntry, and was ii possinle that such a defence • could t e to pass without a. s»vere reproba tion ? The Letter propedy siatrs, that " a prisoner has cert‘it i) a rglit to urge every topic that is neces— sary for the clearing of ItitllSdf of the crime of u hith be stands accused, but beyond this his situation can. 'entitle him to no privilege whatever in that way.r.-:. Dery passage, thetefore, of that iti.port and ten dency, ought never to haVe been introduced in the defence,,and waS in fact an aggravation of the de linquency. The sentence of the Court, for thelea so,,sgiven by order of General Gowdie i in Colonel Leith's Letter, was much too lenient for the offence, / and therefcre the Court IA etc properly called-onto revise it ; •and the interval which took place between the dale of the sentence and; the re quis tion to the Court tor. its revisal, is a -proof that General Gowdie, while he has resolved not to suf fer so reprehensible a defence to pass without due - censure, resolved to s::ew that he was not cbsposed to git'ei.way to any sudden impulse of passion,. but to pause till he had revolved in his. wind' every circum stance Of the transaction, and to a& only according to the nice principles of military justice, and a high sense of milit'ry honour. It - appears by the post cript to Lient.-Colonel Leith's Letter, that it ought to ha‘,e - formed aThtiriberin the general dOcumtnts of the trill, but was omitted by a mistake' f the D.Tuty JUdgeAdvocate ; and the Morning. Paper, adverting to that mistake, says, that"." it ought to s: rye rather as a beacon to warn, than as a guide to future proceedings." • There can be no doubt, how ever, that all wise, just, and loyal men,. will be for- ciblYimpressed with the firm, dignified; and upright .conduct of Gen. Gowdie, reflecting on the awful na ture of the subject, and feeling the truth of the con cluding words of the admirable Letter written ,by his _Order, viz. the important law which the Court has now to administer has been especially provided ' for the protection of the cotintry against the most . dangerous Warfare that can be waged against its welfare, security, and happiness'; arid THE 'DISCI RLINE OF FUTUhE ARMIES AND THE SAFETY OF FU TURE GENEEATION4 most be strengthened or. im paired by the ULTIMATE DECISION of the Court." CANDIDUS. Oct. 6, iSio. • MAILS. ARRIVED—I Malta, i Heligoland,. 2 ()Alin. Dua —1 Cadiz, a Lisbon, 2 Dublin, z Waterford. Wrocks THIS 'DAY Ai TWal t Vll O'CLODK. Consols - - 65 Omnium - - - si 1-1 E S U N. SALEM QUIS DICIRIC VALSUSI AUDZAT ? L .0 .N D A'. 'TUESD.AY, OCTOBER 9, 1810. The Messenger had not arrived from Windsor when - this Paper was put to press, so that we are unable to relieve the feelings of the Public with any 'eirther information respeaing the Princess AMELIA; 'We have heard, however, that at a late hour las t night no . more alarming symptoms had occurred. Dspatches of the 23d ult. hot; Sir JOHN STUART at Sicily, and from Gibraltar of the 18th., were.re ct'•ived this day, but they contained nothing import_ t) t or interesting; I:aris Vapers to llle 30tli ult. reac!iecl town yester- day. They arc, like most .of the foreign papers which we have received lately, very barren of :in,. 'wrest. The Turks, it appears, Continue to be suc cessf.l, and' have adopted the practice of publish: ing Bulletins. Nothing can affbrd a stronger 'proo f that the French influence still prevails to a con siderable degree over the Cabinet of St. Petersburg!), than:that the war with Turkey should still be continu ed. Nothing short of infatuation could induce A:A.4x - ANDER to waste that strengib in a •liop..iess contest with the Porte, which will sLoon absoltitdly ces=ary to proteti him from the attacks cif his present ally, BUONAPARTE. The Austrian Go%eru,►,eat is making. the greatest exertions for the rest ora ion ,of its finances, which appear to be in a most d sorder ed and distressed state. Just before this Paper was put to press,we received some Gernian Pipers, to the 30th uh. L . G::I which . we have made the following Extra Is - AMSTERDAM, SEPT. 25.—1 t is . understood that the late lOngclum of Holland, by an Imperial De cree 'of 'the 17th, has received the following geogra phical division, .which ►s to commence on the Ist of January, 1811, when if "will be divided into the fol- . lowing departtnents i. Department of the Guderzei, chief-place Am sterdam. 2. Mouth of the Meuse--Hasue: 3. Mouths of the Scheldt—Middieburg. 4. Mouths of Rhine—Herzogenbusch. 5. Overyisel—Arnheini. Moutit's of the Yssel—Zevolle. 7. Friesland—Leuwarden. 8. West Eetwi—Grouingen. 9. East Recur—Anrich. • The departtnent of the Zuyderzee cPnsists of th e old departments of Amsterdam and Utrecht. The department of the mouth of the Scheldt (Zealand) remains as it was organized before. The depart ment of the mouths of the !Chine; (Dutch Brabant) remains as it was before, except that it has united to it the arrondissement of Bteda. The depart ment of Overyssel 'and the 01,1 department of Gueld. The department of the West Eetns, in cluding the late departments Of Gionitn;en and Drenthe, and the depatiment of the East Eems. East Friesland with Jeyer. It is said that on the Ist of January next year, a _general Government will be appointed for the late Kingdom of . Holland the person who will receive this dignity is even named, viz. a Prince of the Imperial, family. The present imposts.in Holland, it is said, will hkeWise continue during next year, and most ofthe Ministers will likewise remain for the same time. STOCKHOLM, SgpT. t 8.---There has been pub lished a colle6tion of all the reports, letters, -and elucidations, relative to the . illness and death of the late Crown Prince, received by the Royal Medical College ; among which the most lemarkable are two memoirs by Professor 'LODEN, who offers his reasons why he is inclined to ascribe the death of the Prince to poison administered to him by some person or persons : the poison he conjeaures to have been of that kind, known to :the Italians by the name Of aqua tofana, and though he does not, profess to be acquainted by experience with-the symptoms pro duced . by that poison, he 'conceives . . that tithse which attended the iciness of his Highness pievious to, his' death by apoplexy, were such as might well be expeated to be produced by the operation of some secret and slow poison of the kind. A Letter from Gibraltar, dated September 8; siys,--- " His Majesty's ship Salscette arrived here yester day, in 22 days; from Malta. We are happy to hear that she brings more favourable accounts'of the war . between the Turks and Russians than those which have already appeared. The former are said to have obtained some important advantages in the field, tie consequence of which has been, that the latter have found themselves obliged to recroSs the. Danube. It is alsosa s id that LUCIEN BUONAPARTE / With his family, had arrived at Malta on his , way to the. Unite Statdes, where it was lately rumoured he intended to with draw.—Mr. ADAIR, our late Ambassador at Con stantinople, is on board the Sukette. It has been known for some time that lie h.cl obtained leave to return on account of ill health." It is stated in •several of the Morning Papers that Mr. ARMSTRONG, the American Minister to the French Go►ernment, arrived at Falrriouth on Fri day. We yesterday received ,a Letter from Fal mouth, •dated Friday, which <did not mention' his arrival ; and the inquiries which we made this morning lead .us to_entertain strong'douhis of the fad. Letters from the French coast, receist.ed yesterday, state, that eighteen cargoes of American produce, .which had been confiscated, were carrked to Ant wimp, and sold the .lsth uit. by order of }3voNA rmt NAVAL NEWS. PORTMOUTII, OCT. B.—Came in this day• his Majesty's 'ship Lull,/tin, from Lisbon, last from Plymouth. Sailed his Majesty's ships Ihleerine and Rebuff, to the Westward ; also the brig Pedra, BA NIBER, for Rio de Janiero. Arrived - the Boron h, Junn, and Mary and Ann, HAttutsoN, from Sunderland ; and the Brilliant, WHI !TURD, for Guernsey. ' Sailed the Providence, -- 1 ,; Prince of nod Fly, ROBINSON, for Sunderland ; and the Hope, BARROW., for Bristol. His Majesty's ship Martin, bound to Newfound land, this evening got under weigh with the convoy, but has since come to anchor again ; it is ene6ted she will sail in the morning. SLIMINESS, OCT. B.—Arri'ved his Majesty's brig Eyderen. I _ _ Sailed'his Majesty's ship 4 - lert, and his Majesty' s ' brig Mercurius with a convoy to the Baltic. Came ilitu Harbour to be paid off his Majesty's ship Aurora, Capt. Duaa. FALMOUTH . , OCT. 6.—Sailed the Plover sloop of war on a ci uizcf, and the American ship which she detained and sent in yesterday, for Plymouth. Arrived the Prince Ernest packet, Capt. PETRE, With a mail from the ;Mediterranean., Captain P. confirms the report of LUCIEN BONAPARTE bring a prisoner at Malta. The Prince Ernest left Malta 30tli August, and left there his M3jcsty's ships Tri bane and Pomona. The Priiwess Charlotte picket will sail this even ing, or in the morning, for Lisbon. • DEAL, OCT. B.—Came down from the river the •Buser and Maria for Lisbon. Several .vessels are coming through the Gul ls. DISFRIBUTION OF PRIZE MONEY. To the gun-brig insolent, for the capture of the brig Juno, alias jeurie Adelle,-in company with his Majesty's schooner Arrow, at No. 44, George-street, P 1) mouth Dock, for three months. To the Dreadnought, Mars, Colossus,,Achille, I lydra, En dvmion, and Delitrous . gun-brig, - for the capture of the Ame rican ships Betsey, Paulina, Hermon, Moses Myers, Rover, Alert, Argos, and Flare, at No. az Nortolk-stree;, and recal led at the Sante - place. To the_Ariadne, for the capture of the Fortuna, on the Toth knst. at No. is, Phrogniorton-street, and recalled at the same place fur three months. To the Dryad, tur toe recaptures of the Hercules and Do bridge, on board, on her arrival at Plymouth, and recalled at No. 3, Brick . court, 'rein p le. To the Surveil tante, fot the L'Eole, on' board, on liar arri. val at Plymouth, and recalled at No. 3, Brick-court, Tern. pie. To The Surveillante, for the capture of I.e Milan, on board, on her arrival of Ply niouth, and recalled at No. j, Birck.k.ourt. Temple. " To the Surveillante, for the capture of La CorntesSe Laura, on board, on her arrival -at Plymouth, and recalled at Nu. 3, Brick-cou - ri, Temple., To the,gun-brig Aggressor, for the capture of the schooder tinge Hans, and sloop Biodere. . To the sehooner titrondt tic, tor the capture of the Annun ciatian, on the tall, iaist. at No. 22, Essex -street, Strand, and recalled on Tuesdays' and 1' udays, for three months, at the same place. Yesterday morning his NUJ EST Y, Dikes Of YORK; CUMI3ERLAND, and CAMBRIDGE, Princesses Au . ousTA'and SOPII lA, took an airing in the Great Park; accompanied by Lord WALSINGH AM, Lady. ELY, Count MUNSTER, Generals GWYNNE and FITZROY, Colonels TAY LOR and Dessnow, and returned to the ,Palace. at halt-past twelve. Afterwards the Royal Party visited the Princess 'AMELIA, who , we regret to state, continue.; in the same situation as mention ed in our last. The tioctois are still in attendance. The Prince-of WALES left Windsor on Sunday, and arrived at Carleton House at nine o'clock, and left town again yesterday, morning for Windsor be tween 'eight and nine o'clock. - Some ship letters have been received from the Mouth of the Elbe. The following is an interesting cominunication by this opportunity : « HAMBURGH, SEPT. 27.—The restrilions im posed 'upon our trade are continued with undimi nished severity by the Revenue Officers in the town. The garrison has gone to join the troops colletied in Hanover, which are intended to enter Denmark. About 20,000 men are supposed to be colleeted for this service, most of die supplies for wliich are de rived from hence. Things appear as if they would come - tO rup ture between France and Russia. A Traeller, just arrived from Poland, states, that hostile pleparations are making all, over that country, for a .cainpaign ; but it seems rather late in the season to begin ; nor is it thought, if it happens at all, that it will. take place before the next Spring. Several new Edicts, of. great- severity,--have .been issued by the King of Dentmrk, to put a stop' tocontrabarri trade, but withodt much oft:Cl. The cordons established have not been observed, and in deed it is the interest of the Danes to neglect them. Al,l' along the Baltic the Fi - euch armies are-extending • themselves to annihilate commerce. It is supposed that before this time they ate at Konigsburg." A letter . frotit. New Orleans, dated the 12th of July, says —“ About a week ago we had a most dreadful conflagration. In the short -space of from two to three hourg, no less Ulan 60 dwelling-houses were levelled to.the ground•; the most of tht.m were' .oceupied by persons in indigent circumstances. I am happy to say that 3000 dollars have already been raised for the relief of the poor sufferers, many.of whthn, to escape personal danger, were obliged, in their night dress, to take shelterin their neighbours' houses, leaving all they had in" the world to the mercy of the flames, which, though little, was, per haps, the fruit of a long tedious labour. Not' a single house was insured.-, • . " A revolution has taken .illace in the Floridan ; some wish -to,be under the protection of the United States; others, to be altegetheritidt..pet:dent.": POETRY The following lines a re in the Al bum a t t i; addressed to RU MACDONALD, E s q * the of Statfa.. By WALTER SCOTT. Staffs f sprung from high Macdonald, Worthy braiol of old Clanronald; Staffs 1. king of all kind fellows, ' Well Wail thy hills and vallies, Lakes and inlets, deeps and shallows, Cliffs of darkness, caves of wonder, Echoing the Atlantic's thunder; _ Mountains which ;,he grey mist covets, Where the chieftain's spirit hovers ; Pausing as his pinions quiver, Stretch'd to quit our land for ever. Each kind influence rest above thee, All thou lov'st, and all who love thee. Warmer heart 'twixt this and laffa, Beats not than in breast o( Staffs, IMPROMPTU, 51 106 ON HEARING THAT A MAN NAMED JOIIN !C -HAD BEEN INDICTED FOR STEALING A II:01" JOHN KEMBLL indiaed for stealing a ham No epicure he, nor a glutton: A charge of this kind must be Merely He may be a lover of imaton." sv° cC ) 11' * f/ide Measure for Measure, Aa 3 . Scene 2.- 1 tletnen of Verona, At z. Scene i. LIVERPOOL, OCT, 6. e The theatrical writers of this place have ;,,$ much occupied lately respect to the mover n• of CooKe, the actor. For some time he wa l ,‘ - r e• cealed, and nobody could find the place of re treat. At length it was discovered that lie fame of tired not for the purposes of study, but Pur suit i eJ a more jovial description. It was then rell ° , f ie j that he was on the point of death; and had ' 44° 4 a sum of money to'certain damsels to aatint 3 nje r tell song over his grave. • Soon aft e r, it was r e P A n - be• that a relation of his. kici recently died, 0 11 ' 0 0 queathad considerable property to him. It w a : e ft that he had actually ordered mourning fur this rub. tion, and announced his intention to retire trot=h F erec l lie life. The present report is, that he has e! err into an engagement with Mr. COOPER, the 1 ., ; " - „itt . d can Manager, and actually sailed for the bia• States on Thursday last, in a vessel' named C wii- t ioo So many reports, however, have been it) Ciro"' j ol respecting this very eccentric prb in the the l ' it er e• hemisphere, that this last report is not gener3l'cs, dited. It is certain, how e ver, that Mr. C c° e nd the American Manager, is here raising retrU il ' 311 ,1 that he offered COOKE no less than three th °l2 „ s iv e-, pounds; or guineas, to p e rf o rm six weeks in 1 ; o f rica, and so tempting an offer; with the, chal', l ne profithblebenefits, tnay have induCed trim to en : l 'o' ine the expedition.—Cooxs, we understand , ' : b to t der articles•wjth the Covent-Garden Man , V rs ',,,el l it has never been observed that he thought , o f rigidly bound by such obligations, wilen interest opposed them.--A few days will of or .determine whether COOKE is now on suit wa te ',:ble whether he is imbibing fluid s o f a more ag ue. kind. and hag Mrs. JORDAN has been very attractive, performed with as much spirit as ever she otiu' pit new candidate started forward on Wednesdg i t -, 0 in the part of Dr. Pan g lo s ; and=quitted ltio se well, that he is likely to become a favouti' e ' .der person is small, but he s eems t o h ave a cons' o f able share of judgment, and no small por tion be humour. His name is L oc x g , and he is sl'i u collaterally descended from his great phdo ° P" c a• namc4ake. His conception of the part s.va ! f i t ly rare; and he exhibited ` great spiri t i n the 0.61°‘ ance of it. a oit e Mr. Lewis, our Manageroteems to hav e ~:m o t recovered his health, and though he has witi . f o r his great talents as an, actor, yet, as a cat ere t i li• public amusement, he is aliv e , zealous, °I/- beral. n THE THEATRES..--Mr. KEMBLE was an °- , ll r jell for the part of Hamlet last night at , Cneent-w'; 1 . 0 03 Theatre, but not being recovered sufficientlytur a severe indisposition which has affected Ili ttl a st. s_evcral days, printed bills were circulated and - r a t' ed up to apprize the public of his inability r form, and to state that Mr. C. KEMBLE, W as ° l ot the substitute. The audience, however, we re ,: of to be satisfied, but long belote the drawing jog the curtain, a great clamour prevailed, wine c 31.0/ for KEMBLE,' and some for t Y OUNG . The ad opened under this inauspicious state of thing s , ! ' noi hit% could be heard of the performance. Mr. KEMBLE appeared in the part of 126 " tat the storm burst forth with redoubled fury, length more liberal sentiments began to prevll:o4 The meek submission of his manner, the str u : a r , appropriation of his person to the a ssumed t,r, and a , sense of the injustice and illiberality' ° o f , 'which he was treated, gradually procured bi. 1 1 ,;c6 leation, and the general merit of his pertorar throughout converted liohtility into favour, an d warm applause which he received seemed to riot tended as ,an atonement for the outrage whic h been offered to him, as well as a t° • talents. e# THE I.TcEum.—Mr. LOVEGROVE made his 5 cond appearance' last night at this place in the 10' racier of Lord Ogleby: Having, we presume, 4- 0 digested his conception of this part, there w a5 , 1 ,0 observable alteration in his performance, exceP t, • o ir he seemed to have 'clerked more s elf-posse s 'ft, from the success which attended- his former efi „ .° o % , He is a Chaste, judicious attor, and eviclentlis 4 r 5. sesses humour among his other requisites , i ro g , GLOVER, for the first time performed, Miss Si er t 0 She is an. excellent actress, and gave full cri c.j , the part. Mrs. ORGER, who, on the forrner °c o, siqn performed that part, was last night the . F url and sustained the character with delicacy', . anJ efil.q.i. , . . t.' There is no alteratio,n in the. price or Bread week. LI exi) 'W e a been ; .hew PAI is bill bept A , t the S aps-,1 b ro t of th e and P,„ ‘ ; s l r li , e. JF , Pit Sp, ?",